KCI announces two new directors

Kinetic Concepts Inc. announced today that its board of directors will increase from 10 to 11, and appointed Craig R. Callen and Dr. Carl F. Kohrt to serve as directors.

Callen will serve on the board’s Nominating and Governance Committee and Kohrt will serve on the Compensation and Technology committees.

Callen previously served as senior vice president and head of strategic planning and business development, and as a member of the executive committe of Aetna Inc. Prior to that, he was managing director and co-head of U.S. health care investment banking at Credit Suisse First Boston.

Kohrt recently retired as president and CEO of Battelle Memorial Institute, a non-profit charitable trust. Prior to that, he was chief technical officer for Kodak. He is lead director of the Scotts Miracle-Gro Co.